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US President Barack Obama renewed his support for ally South Korea Wednesday and told North Korea to stick to its commitment to abandon nuclear weapons, Reuters reported. Seoul announced Wednesday that it would hold preliminary military talks with North Korean officials next month. "On the Korean Peninsula, we stand with our ally South Korea and insist that North Korea keeps its commitment to abandon nuclear weapons," Obama said in his State of the Union address Tuesday. The two Koreas will meet at the border truce village of Panmunjom on February 11 for preliminary military talks to discuss last year's two deadly attacks against the South's Cheonan warship and the island of Yeonpyeong, according to Reuters. To date, the North has categorically denied any involvement with the sinking of the Cheonan and says the South provoked its artillery attack. Seperately, South Korea's Joongang Ilbo newspaper said Wednesday that Kim Jong-un, the youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, may visit China as early as next month, his first visit without his father. A South Korean unification ministry spokeswoman said her ministry had no information, while the National Intelligence Service declined to comment, according to AFP. Agencies |
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